LOS ANGELES >> Clippers point guard Chris Paul entered Monday’s game against the visiting San Antonio Spurs averaging 19.7 points and 11.5 assists. He was shooting a respectable 46.6 percent from the field.

As good as Paul has been, he had a game Saturday at Washington on the final leg of a seven-game road trip that was rather amazing even by his standards.

Paul scored 38 points, doled out 12 assists and had three steals in the Clippers’ 113-97 victory over the Wizards. What really stood out was Paul’s shooting. He was 11 of 14 from the field, including 5 of 7 from 3-point range. He also was 11 of 11 from the free-throw line.

Clippers coach Doc Rivers smiled when asked about Paul’s performance.

“It was great,” Rivers said. “I think he missed three shots, still had high assists, low turnovers.”

Paul turned the ball over just twice in almost 33 minutes.

Rivers suggested Paul’s 38 points were perhaps easier to come by than the 22 and 20 points he scored in the previous two games, a victory over Boston and loss to Brooklyn, respectively.

Rivers attributed that to inserting Jamal Crawford ahead of Willie Green in the starting lineup. Green had started the previous seven games after J.J. Redick went down with a fractured right hand and torn ligament in his wrist.

“I liked our spacing,” Rivers said. “It’s funny, but Chris had 36, 38 points but they were easier than the two previous nights when he just felt like he was trying to do so much with the ball because he didn’t have that other great creator, ball-handler with him on the floor.”

Rivers also liked Paul’s defense.

“And we took John Wall out of transition, so that means his defense was really good, too,” Rivers said.

Wall, who averages 20.1 points, scored 24 that night on 10-of-16 shooting. But he was 0 of 4 from 3-point range and the Wizards point guard had six turnovers.

Nice to be home

The Clippers went 4-3 on the road trip. Nothing to shout about, but Rivers appeared to be at least OK with it.

“This was a hard trip,” he said. “When you go on a seven-game road trip, which I don’t think I’ve ever been on, that’s hard. The fact that we won the last game was really impressive because that’s the hardest of all.”

Rivers then got a laugh out of reporters when talking about coming home and having to play the Spurs, who entered with the Western Conference’s second-best record at 19-4.

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“We’d like to thank everyone in the league for that,” he said, with a smile.

Griffin impressive

Forward Blake Griffin was the only player in the NBA averaging at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and three assists while shooting at least 50 percent from the field.